Work with Heather

Hi - I’m Heather Hodge Cordivari.

My practice provides individual and couples therapy built on a deeply trauma-informed, holistic foundation. By meeting you with compassion, we explore the barriers and emotional wounds that keep you stuck, guiding you toward lasting change and a sense of internal wholeness.

You’ve already been through the hard part. Healing can be hard, too.

I am here to help the journey make sense by offering up direction and being someone who can walk beside you through it.

Looking for
real change?

Deeper healing, better relationships, and a stronger connection to yourself?

Maybe you're carrying the weight of past trauma, feeling stuck in depleting patterns, and you don't have the words to communicate what's happening for you in your relationships. You don't have to be stuck feeling alone.

I provide a supportive, exploratory space where all parts of you are welcome - as intelligent strategies that have kept you going through some tough shit. You don't need to show up perfect-just willing to explore what's stirring beneath the surface.

See how we can work together

What It's Like to Work With Me

I work from a big toolbox of therapeutic approaches-somatic work, brainspotting, IFS, Gestalt, expressive arts, attachment theory - and I draw on what your system needs most in any given session. Sometimes we'll use just one approach. Other times we'll blend several. It's all about meeting you where you are.

<< Here's what the journey typically looks like.

Step 01

Building Safety & Nervous System Regulation

Before anything else, your body needs to know it can relax here.

Our first few sessions focus on helping your nervous system settle. We're learning to attune to each other. We're creating a strong container to hold what you're bringing in as we work towards unburdening. We're creating a space where you can finally exhale.

You might notice: Your shoulders dropping. Breathing more deeply. Less urgency to fix everything right away.

Step 02

Understanding Your Patterns (The 'Why')

Now we map the territory-why you respond the way you do.

We explore the patterns running your life. Why you shut down in conflict. Why vulnerability feels dangerous. Why you give to others but struggle to ask for what you need. We understand these as intelligent adaptations, not flaws.

You might notice: Things clicking into place. 'Oh, that's why I do that.' Curiosity replacing shame.

Step 03

Working Through
What Lives in Your Body

Insight alone doesn't create change-we work with what's stored somatically.

We bring in body-based approaches to process what talk therapy alone can't reach. The tightness in your chest. The emotions that got stuck. We help your nervous system complete what it couldn't process at the time.

You might notice: Emotions moving through instead of getting stuck. Physical tension releasing. Old wounds healing at a somatic level.

Step 04

Practicing New
Ways of Being

Understanding isn't enough-we practice choosing differently in real time.

You start experimenting with different responses in your actual life. Setting boundaries. Speaking your truth. Catching yourself before falling into old patterns. This phase is messy, and that's the point-we're building your capacity to choose growth over familiarity.

You might notice: More agency in your relationships. Small moments of choosing yourself. Relationships shifting because you're showing up differently.

Step 05

Integration & Becoming Your Own Guide

The work becomes something you carry within you.

Therapy starts to feel less urgent. You've built a sturdy relationship with yourself and know how to navigate the hard stuff. We space out sessions as you test your wings and discover you can handle challenges on your own.

You might notice: Quiet confidence. Trusting your own process. Coming home to you, empowered to live your life to the fullest, on your own terms and free from whatever had been holding you back for so long.

This isn't linear-and that's completely normal.

Some weeks we'll make huge strides. Other weeks we'll circle back to integrate new insights more deeply. Both are part of the process.

My role is to walk alongside you, hold the bigger picture when you can't see it, and meet you exactly where you are with whatever approach your system needs most.

Whether you’re an individual or couple, my approach is designed to support your journey to clarity.

Here’s how we can
Work Together

Individual Therapy

You're seeking a soul-led, purpose-driven life, and struggling with anxiety and trauma that seems to keep stunting your progress.

This is your space for exploration, learning, and healing. My approach is holistic, integrating somatic therapy, nervous system regulation, Internal Family Systems, Gestalt, and Expressive Arts Therapy to help you make sense of your experiences and reconnect with yourself.

Live your life with more choice, creativity, and enjoyment.

Individual therapy supports:

Anxiety, trauma, grief and depression
Life transitions and identity expression
ADHD and creative blocks
Spiritual and relational growth

Learn More About Individual Therapy

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Couples Therapy

Relationships are hard-and that's okay.

I support couples in turning toward the present moment - recognising what you’re feeling, sensing, and reacting to as it happens. By facilitating a deeper awareness of your own experience, new ways of relating can begin to unfold naturally between you.

Couples therapy supports:

Communication breakdowns, disconnection and recurring conflicts
Intimacy challenges and mismatched desire
Pre-marital preparation and relationship deepening

Learn More About Couples Therapy

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READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP?

You don't need to have it all figured out before we talk. Book your free 20-minute consultation and let's explore what's bringing you here—what you're hoping for, and whether working together feels like the right fit.

No pressure. Just connection.